Adjustable support for window shades



Patented Mar. 17, 1925.

UNITED STATES v JOHN T. FRIEND, OF ELIZABETH, NEW JERSEY.

ADJUSTABLE sorron-r FOR w'mnow SHADES.

Application filed November '7, 1923. Serial No. 673,235

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN T. FRIEN a citizen of the United States, residing at Elizabeth, in the county of Unionand State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Adjustable Supports for Window Shades, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a combination support for a window shade, curtain, and draperies, the invention havingfor an object the provision of a novel support of this type which is readily adjustable to fit upon different windows.

For further comprehension of the invention, and of the objects and advantages thereof, referencewill be had to the following description and accompanying drawing, and to the appended claims in which the various novel features of the invention are more particularly set forth.

Fig. 1 of the drawing is a face View showidng my improved support applied to a win- Fig. 2 is a plan View thereof.

Fig. 3 is a detail transverse section taken on the line 33 of Fig. 1.

In the drawing, the reference numeral 10 indicates an ordinary window frame, the top sash being indicated at 11. My improved support comprises a telescopic bar which extends along the top piece of the window frame and which is made up of the two sections 13 and 14, the latter having a bifurcated end in which the former is received. The corners of the bar 13 may be cut off obliquely as at 18 while the section 14 may have lipslt which engage over said oblique corners and thereby hold the two sections in alinement.

The two sections are held in adjusted position by a clamp comprising a U-bracket 17 which engages over the section 14, this bracket having a set screw 18 threaded through one leg thereof and bearing on one leg of the section 14. Hinged to the re moved ends of the bar. sections 13, 14 are arms 20 which extend downward along the sides of the window frame 10 and are adapted to be clamped against the latter by means of wing nuts 21v which are threaded on the ends of rods 22' which extend through short vertical slots 23 in the said arms, along underthe bar sections 13, 14 and parallel to the latter, and have upturned end elements 22 which are riveted or otherwise secured to the said barsections, these rods resting onthe'top piece of the window frame.

The arms 20 have attached thereto a number of bracket elements 25, 26 and 27 respectively, the brackets 25 being adapted to support the usual draperies, the brackets 26 to support the usual curtain, while the brackcts 27 serve to support the usual shade roller. It will be understood of course that these various brackets will be suitably formed to receive the elements which they are adapted to support.

, To facintate minor adjustments of the length of the main bar' 13, 14, as when fitting the same on a Window, I preferably form the overlapping portions of the, bar sections with rack teeth 35 and 36 located respectively on opposite sides of the median line of the bar and which are engaged by pinions 37 and 38 respectively, fixed on a spindle 39 which extends up through an axial passage in the screw 18and projects from the upper end of the screw, the spindle having a head 40 thereon for purposes of rotation. As

will be apparent, when the spindle 39 is will cause thetwo bar sections to move in opposition to one another.

rotated, the engagement of the pinions 37,

lVhile I have illustrated and described a I preferred embodiment of my invention, it is to be understood that I do not limit myself to the precise construction herein shown and that various changes and modifications might be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined in the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire to protect by Letters Patent of the United States is as follows:

1. A window shade and curtain suppoi comprising a telescopic bar adapted to extend along above the top piece of the win dow frame, rods extending parallal to said bar and spaced below the remote ends of the latter, said rods having upturned inner ends fixed to said bar and being adapted to rest upon the said top piece of the Window frame, arms hinged to the remote ends of the said bar and extending downward therefrom and adapted to bear on the sides of the window frame, said arms, having longitudinal slots therein through which the remote ends of the said rods pass, and nuts threaded on the said remote ends of the rods and adapted to, bear on the arms to clamp the. latter against the sides of the Window frame port, a bar adapted to extend along the top piece of the window frame, said bar being made in two sections one of which is bifurcated from side to side and the other of which fits in the former, and a U-bracket straddling the bar and having a set screw thereon bearing on the first named section to, clam thetwo sections together, rack elements ormed on the respective sections, a spindle passing axially through the said set screw, and a pair ofpinions fixed on said spindle and engaging the respective rack elements to movthe bar sections in opposition to one another., 1

signature.

' JOHN T. FRIEND. 

